St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-07
ONLY THIRTEEN YEARS LEFT.
Kew. Mr. Raxter's Prophecy OF
the Coming Millennium.

the Coming Millennium
New York Times.
Only thirteen wears is the limited time
which the wicked persons OF this genera
ton are given to enjoy the fruits OF this
earth by the Rev. Michael Baxter. editor
OF the London Christian Herald. Mr.. BaX-
ter has been prophet or the promuigator
OF prophetic views for many years. and has
always predicted that the millennium would
strike the earth about 1900. Now That
that time has so nearly arrived, Mr.. Baxter
Is making strenuous efforts to prepare the
world for the coming great event, ana III
pursuance of his object is travelling about
lecturing people who want to be saved. He
came to America some months ago, has lee
tured all through the Eastern and Middle
states and last week arrived in thlf city.
Yesterday he preached at Cooper
Union, and about two hundred people gath
cred there to hear him. The ordinary pic
torlal decorations of the smaller meeting
room had been removed, and III their places
were hung highly colored and awful repre-
sensations of the terrors that are so soon to
make things unpleasant on this earth.
Nine-headed dragons, scorpiOn-shaped To-
Gusts, lion-headed, fire-breathing horses,
and flaming monsters of all conceivable
designs were pictured there. ~@Mr. Baxter
is middleaged, pleasant-looking man,
with slightly silvered hair, full beard. and
highly pitched voice. He talked in very
disconnected, rambling fashion, and as he
talked pointed out with q long wand pic
tured explanations of what he said upon
maps and charts hung upon the wall at his
back.
Mr.. Bakers prophecies of what will
happen during the thirteen years left were
unpleasant. Daniel, he said, had prophe-
sled that at the beginning of the millen-
mum there should be only ten Kingdoms in
Europe. Now there were twenty-three.
There would have to be war--armed con-
t1ict that would drench all Europe in the
blood of the slain. These ten kingdoms
would be Britain, France. Spain, Italy
and Austria in the western half of the
continent and Greece, Egypt Syria.
Turkey and Bulgaria in the eastern half.
In the eastern half the contest will not be
so great, but in the western it will be
terrific. France would conquer Germany.
That was the war which would break
out in all its horrible fury. Within
two years France would extend its
possessions to the Rhine. All other
European Kingdoms would engage in war.
England would lose Ireland and all her
colonies. England would be compelled to
Withdraw all her soldiers from her colonies.
Then the natives would rise up and massa.
ere every foreigner who remained. Ireland
would at last be free, to enjoy her freedom
for only a few short years.
Mr.. Baxter devoted much time to the dis
cussion of the person who is to become the
Antichrist. Everything pointed to jerome
Bonaparte. Boulanger. however, had a
slight chance of obtaining the position of
Antichrist. The Antichrist would reign
three and half years before the millennium.
His reign would be one of bloodshed and
terror. But he would be finally destroyed
when Christ arrived to catch up the LA, 900
watchful Christians.